Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations

Sean “Diddy” Combs is dealing with dozens of recent allegations of sexual assault in a collection of lawsuits set to be filed.

At a information convention held Tuesday, Texas-based legal professional Tony Buzbee stated he’s representing 120 accusers with allegations towards the leisure mogul that return greater than 20 years.

“We are going to expose the enablers who enabled this conduct behind closed doorways. We are going to pursue this matter irrespective of who the proof implicates,” Buzbee stated throughout the information convention.

“Many highly effective individuals … many soiled secrets and techniques,” the lawyer stated of the allegations. He added that his workforce has “collected photos, video, texts.”

Buzbee added that the allegations will embrace: “violent sexual assault or rape, facilitated intercourse with a managed substance, dissemination of video recordings, sexual abuse of minors.”

“It’s an extended listing already, however due to the character of this case, we’re going to be sure that, rattling certain, we’re proper earlier than we try this,” Buzbee continued. “These names will shock you.”

The lawyer stated greater than 3,000 people have come ahead to his workplace with accusations towards Combs and that he plans to start submitting lawsuits in varied states inside the subsequent 30 days. He added that they may identify the opposite defendants at a later date.

Amongst this new group of accusers, Buzbee stated, 62% determine as African American, they usually hail from greater than 25 states, with the bulk from New York, California, Georgia and Florida. Buzbee stated that 25 of the accusers have been minors on the time of the alleged incidents, some as early as 1991. The lawyer additional claimed one of many accusers was as younger as 9 years previous on the time of their alleged incident.

“As Mr. Combs’ authorized workforce has emphasised, he can not handle each meritless allegation in what has change into a reckless media circus. That stated, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any declare that he sexually abused anybody, together with minors,” the rapper’s lawyer, Erica Wolff, stated in an announcement. “He seems to be ahead to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in courtroom if and when claims are filed and served, the place the reality will probably be established primarily based on proof, not hypothesis.”

Combs is at present being detained on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York, after prosecutors within the Southern District of New York charged Combs with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution in an indictment unsealed final month. Combs pleaded not responsible and his attorneys have stated he’s harmless of all expenses.

Combs was denied bail twice, however on Monday his authorized workforce, which now contains legal professional Alexandra Shapiro alongside Teny Geragos and Marc Agnifilo, filed the primary paperwork forward of an attraction of the bail resolution.

Buzbee has represented victims in a number of different high-profile lawsuits, together with towards BP in 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico. He additionally represented people accusing NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct in 2021. That very same 12 months, he filed a $750 million lawsuit towards Travis Scott after a deadly crowd crush on the rapper’s Astroworld Competition.

Combs’ authorized points have been mounting since his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, filed an explosive civil go well with towards him final 12 months, accusing him of assault and intercourse trafficking over the course of their relationship. Combs, who has vehemently denied the accusations, settled with Ventura for an undisclosed quantity. A number of months later, surveillance video exhibiting Combs brutally beating Ventura within the hallway of a Los Angeles resort leaked, and the mogul apologized for his actions.

Since Ventura’s lawsuit, a number of different lawsuits have been filed towards Combs — together with one from Daybreak Richard, a former member of the woman group Danity Kane who alleged that Combs groped, assaulted and imprisoned her and threatened her life.

Combs has denied all claims towards him, calling them “sickening allegations” from individuals in search of “a fast payday.”

Lots of the lawsuits towards Combs have been filed in New York Metropolis, which has the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Legislation permitting individuals to file lawsuits alleging sexual abuse even after the statute of limitations had handed.